1999
Rank |
1998
Rank |
Company |
Composite
Score |
2-year
Average
Sales
Growth |
2-year
Average
Profit
Growth |
| 1 |
- |
Geotel Communications Corp. |
2.00 |
123.36% |
448.15% |
| 2 |
- |
PolyMedica Corp. |
6.00 |
93.21% |
152.64% |
| 3 |
1 |
Biogen Inc. |
12.00 |
46.99% |
87.77% |
| 4 |
17 |
Vivid Technologies Inc. |
12.50 |
42.36% |
120.38% |
| 5 |
25 |
Keane Inc. |
13.00 |
45.98% |
84.95% |
| 6 |
32 |
Thermo Power Corp. |
13.50 |
72.59% |
61.50% |
| 7 |
- |
SLI Inc. |
14.00 |
202.47% |
57.14% |
| 8 |
- |
Sipex Corp. |
14.50 |
32.63% |
129.70% |
| 9 |
- |
Excel Switching Corp. |
16.50 |
40.96% |
76.06% |
| 10 |
- |
Object Design Inc. |
17.50 |
27.61% |
278.36% |
| 11 |
3 |
Sapient Corp. |
18.50 |
80.93% |
51.03% |
| 12 |
- |
American Science & Engineering
Inc. |
19.50 |
40.41% |
59.23% |
| 13 |
- |
HPSC Inc. |
23.50 |
38.62% |
52.19% |
| 14 |
20 |
Cambridge Technology Partners Inc. |
24.00 |
44.23% |
47.28% |
| 15 |
15 |
Security Dynamics Technologies
Inc. |
24.00 |
42.28% |
48.56% |
| 16 |
- |
Boston Acoustics Inc. |
25.00 |
49.45% |
42.95% |
| 17 |
6 |
Forrester Research Inc. |
25.50 |
57.12% |
37.32% |
| 18 |
- |
Mac-Gray Corp. |
25.50 |
29.15% |
53.59% |
| 19 |
66 |
Andover Bancorp Inc. |
27.50 |
16.08% |
293.68% |
| 20 |
29 |
DeWolfe Companies Inc. |
28.50 |
21.54% |
78.79% |
| 21 |
- |
PAREXEL International Corp. |
29.50 |
50.44% |
25.89% |
| 22 |
- |
New England Business Service Inc. |
30.00 |
33.73% |
40.00% |
| 23 |
- |
DM Management Co. |
30.50 |
60.76% |
23.52% |
| 24 |
44 |
EMC Corp. |
30.50 |
32.24% |
43.38% |
| 25 |
14 |
Peoples Bancshares Inc. |
30.50 |
28.16% |
48.09% |
| 26 |
42 |
Sonesta International Hotels Corp. |
30.50 |
14.61% |
225.40% |
| 27 |
18 |
Atlantic Bank |
31.50 |
32.26% |
39.64% |
| 28 |
52 |
Concentra Managed Care Inc. |
35.50 |
28.70% |
30.26% |
| 29 |
60 |
Specialty Catalog Corp. |
36.50 |
16.15% |
59.08% |
| 30 |
30 |
Litchfield Financial Corp. |
37.00 |
28.00% |
29.49% |
| 31 |
82 |
Maxwell Shoe Co. |
37.50 |
23.17% |
47.05% |
| 32 |
- |
Stride-Rite Corp. |
37.50 |
9.82% |
348.97% |
| 33 |
19 |
Microtouch Systems Inc. |
42.00 |
23.77% |
29.33% |
| 34 |
- |
Chase Corp. |
42.00 |
15.35% |
51.04% |
| 35 |
137 |
UniFirst Corp. |
42.50 |
24.23% |
28.22% |
| 36 |
92 |
Lifeline Systems Inc. |
42.50 |
13.25% |
57.76% |
| 37 |
124 |
Courier Corp. |
42.50 |
11.31% |
66.81% |
| 38 |
- |
Wyman-Gordon Co. |
43.50 |
22.83% |
28.89% |
| 39 |
47 |
State Street Corp. |
48.00 |
21.57% |
22.21% |
| 40 |
38 |
The First Years Inc. |
48.00 |
19.79% |
24.84% |
| 41 |
117 |
Raytheon Co. |
48.50 |
26.20% |
16.59% |
| 42 |
- |
Swank Inc. |
48.50 |
7.03% |
124.34% |
| 43 |
- |
Providence & Worcester
Railroad Inc. |
49.00 |
8.23% |
80.99% |
| 44 |
96 |
Instron Corp. |
49.50 |
9.62% |
58.15% |
| 45 |
- |
Davox Corp. |
50.00 |
26.40% |
15.00% |
| 46 |
94 |
Parlex Corp. |
51.00 |
11.52% |
43.93% |
| 47 |
132 |
Talbots Inc. |
51.00 |
5.91% |
218.63% |
| 48 |
35 |
Staples Inc. |
53.00 |
25.92% |
13.20% |
| 49 |
90 |
Kronos Inc. |
53.00 |
19.17% |
17.53% |
| 50 |
37 |
Foilmark Inc. |
53.50 |
2.47% |
303.16% |
| Source: Nordby
International, Inc., Boulder, Co. |
